Some things you may not know about Sarah Palin

Free Republic ^ | 10/18/09 | Dewie Whetsell,

[presently no screen name]

crushed them in 35 foot high ice chunks

WOW!! Simply can't imagine!

[pyx]

BTTT

Its very simple. Palin 2012.

[Bellflower]

Thanks, always good to get another inoculation against the filthy lies that the opposition puts out.

[Malesherbes]

This is a great article.

[Malesherbes]

This is a great article.

[Claud]

And the GOP knows this - she WILL clean house. That's why they want 'one of their own' - one that will not upset the apple cart. You want clean gov't, Sarah's the one. IF we make it to '12 - MrPeacePrize has other plans.

Good analysis. The less the party supports her now, the less she is beholden to them later, and the greater chance she has of throwing these statist clowns out on their behinds if she wins.

I see the hand of God in all this. McCain the maverick picks her because she's a maverick who crusaded against her own state GOP. Who else would have picked her? He gives her a platform to launch herself and her story into the political stratosphere, where she eclipses the candidate himself and becomes an instant draw. She's now got an army of eager voters at her back without significant support from the party machine--which is unprecedented and miraculous. She can run as an outsider amidst what looks to be a white-hot anti-party, anti-incumbent mood among the voters. And if she wins, she is beholden to none of the party hacks and has a great opportunity to throw the careerists out and replace them with a better crop of leadership.

[Senator John Blutarski]

..... It strikes me that the only thing Sarah Palin needs to win is (a) funding, and (b) an honest public media platform. But IMO she needs to start NOW putting that in place if she really wants to make a viable run in 2012.

Another suspicion of mine is that, if she gets a fair media hearing, she will develop huge traction among women.

Finally, I would LOVE to see her energy-development approach applied to the US as a whole. Open up everything for drilling. After allowing for exploration and drilling costs, the energy firms pay the feds or the states (or both) a price per barrel equal to the going OPEC world price.

Chaos brings opportunity. Given the present state of our nation, I think that the right person in the right spot will be able to accomplish some very important reforms. Sarah Palin may be the right person.

[dawn53]

It strikes me that the only thing Sarah Palin needs to win is (a) funding, and (b) an honest public media platform. But IMO she needs to start NOW putting that in place if she really wants to make a viable run in 2012. Another suspicion of mine is that, if she gets a fair media hearing, she will develop huge traction among women.

I think your points are true. Sad part is, apart from hosts like Beck and Rush, I don't see her getting "honest public media" from many other sources, even the so-called conservative media.

[srmorton]

I am not being critical of you when I say that I have known all of these facts since shortly after Sarah was nominated. The reason I knew about them is because I go out of my way to listen to talk radio and read sites such as FR on the internet.

I am being critical of the SRM who is TERRIFIED that the general public will learn the REAL truth about Sarah which will give them one more reason to abandon them. They have convinced the public that she is a backwoods, ignorant woman who was not qualified to be VP, much less POTUS.

I pray every day that she IS planning to run in 2012 and will win the nomination. We will see then if the SRM can hide the fact that she is the true heir to Ronald Reagan. I can only pray that America is not to far immersed in socialism by then to recognize it.

[AlaskaGrown]

Sarah showed Big Oil and the “Corrupt Bastards Club” (CBC) who owns Alaska ... and her resources. She didn’t play their reindeer games!

[jla]

Thanks you two. Having Alaskans here who know the real Sarah Palin is very fortunate and can be advantageous to countering the various lies and smears perpetrated upon her
We in the contiguous states, and Hawaii, look forward to 'borrowing' this grand lady for eight years.

[PIF]

Sheesh, here I thought that good ol’ Dewie was going to tell us stories about Sarah’s set-netting and battles with other set-netters, and so on. Like what was her best year, best price, the highest number of salmon caught in one season, who corked her and what was her response, ever have any problems with driftnetters? You know the inside scoop, the stories we’ve never heard.

[Shery]

Loved this! I did some research on Sarah, myself, not as inclusive as this...and thanks, by the way! I was THRILLED that McCain chose her. But then he misused her and I will never forgive him. I’d have voted INdependent party until he chose her...and she brought a lot to the ticket. He let us all down and let us all see what he really was...a jerk! So, Sarahcuda...we are still with you and you are looking good for 2012! Even if on an independent ticket! I hope the Republicans stick with you, but if not...we will find a way for you!

[deport]

Alaska is the only state where the citizens own the rights to all of the natural resources in the state.

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Alaska is a very different animal that’s for sure. However the biggest owner of land in Alaska is the Federal Gov’t at something around 65% depending upon which source you read. The State of Alaska owns the vast majority of the remainder with private ownership being a smaller amount. Alaska is basically a government owned land mass as opposed to other states where the individuals [non gov’t] owns the vast majority of the land mass. Alaska did pay something like $1200 annually to each citizen from royalties derived but I’m not sure what the figure is today.

[Squantos]

My vote is hers thus far.

Thanks for the story. We need more of such.

[Al B.]

crushed them in 35 foot high ice chunks

WOW!! Simply can't imagine!

I couldn't either until I started seeing some amazing photos last spring. This one is from around Eagle, which was basically swept away.

[JimRed]

Bump!

[Churchillspirit]

As was said about Margaret Thatcher....she’s the best man in her party.

[Eska]

Ya, it was a 300 year flood, but iceout on the Yukon is known to gouge everything out.

Palin really left an impression on the community, as they expected to see the average govt people; not somebody who really cared like Palin, no joke.

I just wish the world could see the Palin I have watched over the last dozen or so years;;; and not the person the media makes her out to be. I couldn't blame her if she said the heck with them all; after doing all the good she has done for all Alaskans over the years.

Something else: Palin won't ever burn her bridges to the repub party; she could have done so years back and still won the gov race up here. I do believe Palin will change the repub party which I believe has to occur with the changing demographics and problems facing our country. Sarah Palin always did what was right for the Alaskan People as governor. Often the good ole boy repub network hated her, tried destroying her, but she had the trust & faith of the people. Palin's insight & judgement always proved up in the end; like I said: the only political I would trust. I just hope the repubs in lower 48 have the sense to keep an open mind to her ideas. I watched Palin fund dem issues such as education, health care for kids, cost efficient in the long run;;; and the right thing to do. The repubs wanted to kill much of what she supported and she fought them tooth & nail; but in the end she won and the people's opinion of her went thru the roof. She also really made big cuts in wasteful spending, graft, and reeally went after the crooked repubs up here; put a bunch of them away in the big house.

The dems never hated her until she ran for VP. Just keep an open mind to her ideas, she's aa libitarian/conservative deep inside; quite a good tghing actually.

[mockingbyrd]

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